English

These aims are intended for all children, although when and how they are implemented will vary according to their age, abilities and individual needs.

To foster a positive attitude to literacy as an interesting and exciting part of the curriculum.
To enable pupils to express and communicate meaning in spoken language listening to and interpreting what others say and matching style and response to audience, context and purpose. Oracy is a whole school focus and is used at the start of every writing unit to help develop spoken language and writing.
To provide pupils with a range of relevant and purposeful opportunities to develop their ability to read, understand and engage with various types of text for enjoyment and learning.
To enable children to write effectively, using a cursive, joined handwriting style (KS2) and showing a development and fluency; making and shaping different texts, according to context, purpose, reader and audience.
To apply their knowledge and understanding of phonics, spelling patterns and rules, grammar and punctuation to reading and writing opportunities across the curriculum.

Reading and Phonics

At Redland Primary School we are passionate about teaching children to read. Reading helps develop children’s vocabulary, their writing and their spelling. Reading gives children access to the wider curriculum and enriches their language and experiences. It is our intention that all children leave the school as confident and competent readers.

We acknowledge that each child’s reading journey begins before they start school. In EYFS and KS1 phonics is a key focus of our teaching and children are introduced to this using our new phonics scheme Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised. The key objectives are:

decoding
prosody – reading with meaning, stress and intonation
comprehension – understanding the text.

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Children in FS2 and Key Stage 1 take home a library book each week to share with an adult, helping to develop both reading fluency and comprehension skills. In Key Stage 2, reading is taught through individual sessions and whole class reading lessons. These lessons focus on developing the key skills required for children to become fluent, confident and expressive readers. They also teach strategies for responding to retrieval and inference comprehension questions.

Handwriting – In FS2 and Key Stage 1, handwriting is taught using the Little Wandle phonics programme. Children learn how to form and print letters legibly and of consistent size. In Key Stage 2, children will learn to join letters which will then lead to them writing in a legible cursive style.

Writing

At Redland we recognise that writing is integral to all aspects of life and we endeavour to ensure that children develop a lifelong and enthusiastic attitude to writing.

Reception and Year 1- Writing is taught using ‘Drawing Club’, and engaging, play-based literacy and imagination initiative. This blends story telling, drawing and vocabulary building helping children bridge the gap between imagination and early writing. In year 1, children are taught using ‘Curious Quests’, an immersive storytelling and writing programme for early years and primary school children.

Key stage 1 and 2

Writing is taught whole class with planning based upon a rich text that, if possible, is linked to the topic. Writing will be taught across a number of genres, both fiction and non-fiction. Class teachers will try where possible to use a quality rich text to inspire learning of grammar, spelling and writing skills.

KS1https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessment-frameworks-at-the-end-of-key-stage-1

KS2 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessment-frameworks-at-the-end-of-key-stage 2

Early Years

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework–

Redland English Journey

English

Year-5-and-6-word-list

Terminology table

Spelling strategies

English Progression Document Whole School